Ohio

No statewide flavor ban

Snapshot for general information only — not legal advice. Statewide regulatory detail below is drawn primarily from the Public Health Law Center 50-state review (as of June 15, 2025). Flavor categories and local highlights also use Truth Initiative (Q1 2026), CTFK (May 2026), Tax Foundation (2026), and the PHLC flavored-tobacco chart (June 2026). Always check current statutes.

Flavor / sales restrictions (statewide)

No statewide flavor ban on e-cigarettes. Check city and county rules, since some localities have their own bans.

Local city / county rules

No statewide flavor ban. State preemption of local tobacco sales rules is in litigation; some city ordinances remain in effect pending appeals.

Columbus: flavored tobacco sales ban (hookah exception); ordinance remains in effect pending litigation over state preemption (Columbus Code § 715.05; PHLC June 2026; Truth Initiative notes Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear preemption case).
Toledo: flavored vapor/e-cigarette restrictions with specialty-retailer channel (TMC § 537.28; PHLC June 2026).
Bexley, Grandview Heights, Worthington listed by Truth Initiative/CTFK (Truth Initiative Q1 2026; CTFK May 2026).

Truth Initiative (Q1 2026): 6 Ohio jurisdictions. CTFK lists 5. Preemption status is unsettled—verify current court posture.

Tax

Map summary: $0.10/mL

Vapor products taxed at rate of $0.01 per vapor volume.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 5743.51(A)(4), 5743.62(A)(4), 5743.63 (2025)

Youth access / retail restrictions

Sale/distribution of alternative nicotine products to persons under age 21 prohibited.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(B)(1) (2025)

Vending machine sales of alternative nicotine products restricted to locations inaccessible to persons under age 21 or under control of owner.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(C) (2025)

Employees under the age of 18 prohibited from selling tobacco products.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(B)(7) (2025)

Purchase/possession/use of alternative nicotine products not allowed for persons under age 21 unless a parent, spouse, or legal guardian over age 21 accompanies them.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2151.87(B) (2025)

Only licensed secondary manufacturers can reconstitute, dilute or reprocess vapor products for resale to consumers.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5743.20 (2025)

Motor carriers and others shall not ship or transport electronic smoking devices or vapor products to unauthorized persons. Additionally, the exterior packaging of a shipment of electronic smoking devices or vapor products shall include the words “electronic smoking devices” or “vapor products,” as applicable.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.023(B), (C) (2025)

Sale or shipment of alternative nicotine products by internet or other remote means is prohibited unless age verification is obtained.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(B)(6) (2025)

Retail license

Yes (retail, wholesale and manufacture).

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5743.61(A) (2025)

Packaging

Alternative nicotine products must be sold in the same minimum quantities as manufacturer’s container.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(B)(5) (2025)

Delivery / online sales

Sale or shipment of alternative nicotine products by internet or other remote means is prohibited unless age verification is obtained.

Smoke-free / indoor use

Use of electronic smoking devices and vapor products included in the definition of smoking, and prohibited in public places and places of employment.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. §§ 3794.01 (definition of “smoking"), 3794.02, 3794.03 (2025) (exemptions)

Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems, which includes e-cigarettes, prohibited in the capitol buildings.

Ohio Admin. Code 128-4-02(G)(8) (2025)

Use of electronic cigarettes prohibited in body art establishment rooms used for body art or sterilization procedures.

Ohio Admin. Code 3701-9-04(K) (2025)

Use of electronic cigarettes/electronic nicotine delivery systems prohibited on various college and university campuses by regulation (e.g., University of Cincinnati (Ohio Admin. Code 3361:10-17-06(B)(1) (2025)), Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio Admin. Code 3354:1-20-05(C)(1),(2),(3)(f) (2025)), Wright State University (Ohio Admin. Code 3352-7-05(B),(C)(1) (2025)), Kent University (Ohio Admin. Code 3342-5-21(A),(B) (2025)), University of Akron (Ohio Admin. Code 3359-20-05.10(A)(2), (B)(1) (2025))

Vaping/use of electronic cigarettes prohibited in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

Ohio Franklin Prob Rule 54.3 (2018)

Assisted living providers prohibited from using electronic cigarettes while providing care.

Ohio Admin. Code 173-39-02(B)(8)(g)(iv) (2025)

Definition notes

Included in a “tobacco product” definition in at least one statute?

Yes.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(A)(7) (2025)

How the jurisdiction defines e-cigarettes / related terms (excerpts):

Sales Restrictions

Alternative nicotine product means “an electronic smoking device, vapor product, or any other product or device that consists of or contains nicotine that can be ingested into the body by any means, including, but not limited to, chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, or inhaling.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(A)(2) (2025)

Electronic smoking device “means...any device that can be used to deliver aerosolized or vaporized nicotine or any other substance to the person inhaling from the device including an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic hookah, vaping pen, or electronic pipe [including] any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately, and includes any substance intended to be aerosolized or vaporized during the use of the device.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(A)(5) (2025)

Tobacco product means “any product that is made or derived from tobacco or that contains any form of nicotine, if it is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, an electronic smoking device, a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus [including] any component or accessory used in the consumption of a tobacco product, such as … liquids used in electronic smoking devices, whether or not they contain nicotine.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(A)(7) (2025)

Vapor product means “a product, other than a cigarette or other tobacco product…that contains or is made or derived from nicotine and that is intended and marketed for human consumption, including by smoking, inhaling, snorting, or sniffing…[including] any component, part, or additive that is intended for use in an electronic smoking device, a mechanical heating element, battery, or electronic circuit and is used to deliver the product.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2927.02(A)(8) (2025)

Tax

Electronic smoking product means “any noncombustible product, other than a cigarette or tobacco product, that (1) contains or is designed to use vapor products and (2) employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from the vapor product [including] an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, electronic hookah, vape pen, vaporizer, or similar product or device . . .”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5743.01(U) (2025)

Vapor product means “any liquid solution or other substance that (1) contains nicotine and (2) is depleted as it is used in an electronic smoking product.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5743.01(T) (2025)

Vapor volume means “one of the following, as applicable: (1) [i]f a vapor product is sold in liquid form, one-tenth of one milliliter of vapor product; (2) [i]f the vapor product is sold in nonliquid form, one-tenth of one gram of vapor product.”

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5743.01(W) (2025)

Links

Public Health Law Center — Ohio 50-state review PHLC flavored tobacco sales chart (June 2026) Truth Initiative Q1 2026 CTFK localities fact sheet Tax Foundation vaping taxes FDA Tobacco 21

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